Door-stop.



J. T. KENT.

DOOR STOP.

APPLIUATION FILED DEC. 10, 1910.

Pate ed July 25, 1911.

OOLUMBIA PLANOORAPH (30-. WASHINGTON, D. C.

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JOHN T. KENT, 0F DOUGLAS, ARIZONA TERRITORY.

DOOR-STOP.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN T. KENT, citizen of the United States, residingat Douglas, in the county of Cochise and Territory of Arizona, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Door-Stops, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention comprehends certain new and useful improvements indevices for holding swinging doors in open position, and the inventionhas for its primary object, a simple and durable construction of deviceof this character, the parts of which may be cheaply manufactured andeasily assembled, which may be easily secured in applied position to anyfloor without the services of a skilled mechanic, which will operate bygravity and will not be liable to get out of order, no spring beingemployed, which will be adaptable for any ordinary swinging door, whichwill not be cumbersome or unsightly or mar the floor or interfere withthe proper cleaning of the latter, and which will be automatic andpositive and sure in its action, in its operation of engaging the doorto hold the same open.

With this and other objects in view as will more fully appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention consists in certain constructions,arrangements and combinations of the parts that I shall hereinafterfully describe and claim.

For a full understanding of the invention, reference is to be had to thefollowing description and accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved door stop, the door beingshown held in open position; Figs. 2, 3 and 4; are elevations,illustrating the door in three different stages of movement toward theopen posi tion; and Fig. 5 is a top plan view of the device.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the samereference characters.

My improved door stop comprises a base 1 which is preferably formed ofmetal and which may be of any desired design in order to conform inappearance to the other metallic features of the door hardware, saidbase plate being formed, preferably near its ends, with openings toreceive screws or similar fastening devices, whereby the Specificationof Letters Patent.

Application filed December 10, 1910.

Patented July 25, 1911.

Serial No. 596,735.

device may be easily attached to the floor. The base plate 1 is formedat its ends with bearings :2 in which a rod 3 is mounted to turn aboutits longitudinal axis, said rod extending substantially longitudinallyof the base plate 1 and being formed at one end with a weighted arm 4.The opposite end of'the rod 3 is returned upon itself, as clearlyillustrated in the drawing, to provide a longitudinally inclineddepressing rod 5 which terminates in a preferably abrupt end 6 securedto the rod 3 and forming a shoulder against which the door is adapted toabut, so as to be held in open position. It is to be particularly notedthat the rod 5 and the arm 4 are so arranged that when the latter isresting on the floor, the former, which will then be in its relativelyelevated position, will be transversely inclined, or at an angle, say oftwenty degrees to the vertical.

From the foregoing description in connection with the accompanyingdrawing, the operation of my improved door stop will be apparent.

In the practical use of the device, the base plate 1 is secured to thefloor, the parts 8, at, 5 and 6, which constitute the stop member of thedevice being normally in such a position that the arm 4 will rest on thefloor and the inclined depressing rod 5 will stand substantiallyupright, but to one side of the vertical, opposite to the direction inwhich the arm at projects. With the parts in this position, when thedoor is swung open, its lower edge will engage and ride upon the rod 5,depressing the same and turning the rod 3 in a direction to raise thearm 4. As soon as the lower edge of the door passes the shouldered endof the rod 5, the weight of the arm l will be permitted to act so as toswing the rod 5 upwardly and cause the shoulder 6 to serve as anabutment, preventing the accidental closing of the door. In order toclose the door, it is only necessary for one to place the foot on therod 5 so as to swing the same down to permit the lower edge of the doorto pass the shoulder, whereupon the door may be freely moved to theclosed position.

Preferably, the arm 4, which is weighted, extends through the weightwhich is relatively flat and lies close to the floor in normal position,the wire arm being then returned upon itself and extended upwardly andlaterally to the inner end of the weight, as indicated at P, so as toconstitute a back stop for the door.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

l. A door stop, comprising a base plate, a rod journaled to turn aboutits longitudinal axis on said base plate, a weighted arm connected toone end of said rod, and a depressing rod connected to the opposite endof said rod and terminating at one end in a shoulder, said depressingrod being inclined from end to end and normally held in a laterallyslanting position.

2. A door stop, comprising a base plate provided at its ends with"bearings, a rod journaled to turn about its longitudinal axis in saidbearings, a weighted arm connected to one end of said rod, and alongitudinally inclined depressing rod connected to the other end of thefirst-named rod and provided with a shoulder, for the purpose specified.

3. A door stop, embodying a longitudinally inclined depressing rod, anarm provided with a Weight, and a connection between the rod and armarranged to raise the arm upon the depressing of the rod, the rod beingprovided with a stop shoulder, and the arm being formed with an upwardlyextending portion constituting a back stop.

In testimony whereof I aflix by signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN T. KENT. [1 s] lVitnesses:

W. S. DIXON, WV. H. FISHER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. C.

